The only real damage is Ellie losing a couple of fingers, and the game portrays the worst consequence of this as not being able to play guitar any more. But after spending the whole game switching between two strong female characters (literally, have you seen Abby’s arms?) and contrasting factional creeds, you have the final confrontation. Fifty million hours later I was beyond disappointed.ĭon’t get me wrong, the millennial nailed it when she said it was a great exploration of the effects of grief and grey morality. So, when it came to The Last of Us Part 2, I was beyond excited. Grey morality … Ellie in The Last of Us Part 2. Either way it is a jaw-dropping, supremely brave ending and the terrific Left Behind side-story also brought the feels. “Because he’s a white male,” came the answer, because it’s 2022 and she’s in her 20s. “Why does he do that?” I asked the millennial, in one of many fantastic discussions we had about the game. So, he disregards mankind’s future and, by stopping the operation, effectively murders the entire human race (alongside a whole hospital’s worth of doctors). But Joel has no truck with utilitarian philosophy, because Ellie has now become a replacement for the daughter he lost. Maybe Ellie isn’t immune to infection after all? Maybe Joel is her real father? Maybe they’re both unwitting participants in some reality TV show, I’m Infected Get Me Out of Here?Īs you will all know by now – and if you’ve yet to play The Last of Us then please stop reading – the ending has Joel murder a perfectly innocent and well-intentioned doctor who wants to cut Ellie open to find a cure that will save humanity. Throughout the first chapter of Joel and Ellie’s jaunt across a post-infected US I keep trying to guess what this great ending will be. “The millennial says it’s got the best ending ever.” Whether it’s smoke bombs from sugar and explosives or a set of Action Man drawers from matchboxes, it’s all boring to me. I also hate any form of crafting, because that was what my generation had to do for “fun” as kids before we had video games.
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